Dormant Client Account Balances

Donate your dormant client account monies and help support access to justice. Any funds you donate will help improve access to justice by providing the most vulnerable in society with access to free legal assistance.

Unclaimed client account balances are an administrative burden on your firm as they must be analysed and explained to auditors on an annual basis. Help your firm by clearing them from your balance sheet.

Funds of £500 or less

Donating dormant funds of sums under £500 is easy.

You must make reasonable attempts to establish the identity of and contact the money’s owner.

Where the rightful owner cannot be traced you may donate the amount to the South West Legal Support Trust via the Access to Justice Foundation*; by cheque payable to the Access to Justice Foundation (PO Box 64162, London WC1A 9AN) or by bank transfer (account number 00018272, sort code 40 52 40).

*The Access to Justice Foundation is an approved indemnity provider by the SRA. Monies donated to the South West Legal Support Trust via the Access to Justice Foundation will be indemnified by the Foundation and will be paid to the Trust once received by the Foundation.